All articles by George Nott – Page 3
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NewsOcado trading director departs business
He will be replaced by Ayaz Alam, who is joining Ocado having spent two decades at Asda
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NewsPlastic bag sales fall, reversing last year’s rise
More than half the single-use plastic bags sold last year were issued by Ocado
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Comment & OpinionHotel Chocolat Unwrapped: the latest low-stakes outing
The episode plodded some low-stakes subjects, like a rain-soaked recent outing of the brand’s Chocmobile
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy Tesco is finally marrying up with Uber Eats and Deliveroo
For years Tesco has shunned aggregator apps, preferring its own Whoosh service. Now, it has finally decided it can no longer ignore them
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Analysis & FeaturesHow to make brands shine on the digital shelf
Simply shrinking pack pictures won’t do when it comes to driving online sales. What works best?
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NewsM&S and Boots sign up for YouTube’s UK creator affiliate shopping programme
According to YouTube, when creators tag products directly in their videos, it can lead to up to 50% more clicks than links in the video description alone
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NewsWorld Cup boosts rapid grocery delivery to yearly share highs
Fmcg sales via quick commerce services like Deliveroo, Uber Eats and supermarkets’ own rapid delivery apps hit 14% of all online grocery sales on the day of the England football team’s World Cup quarter-final match, the data shows
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NewsAccelerated spirit ageing tech company Reactory goes global
Reactory claims its tech can age whiskey and rum in ‘days not decades’
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NewsTesco to launch on Uber Eats and Deliveroo as rapid grocery share soars
Tesco had stood alone among its major supermarket competitors in not listing its stores on the aggregator apps until now
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Comment & OpinionJameson scores with high-concept football fashion collection
There’s a clear football theme to the range, which strikes ‘a balance between nostalgia and newness, where Irish heritage meets New York energy’
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NewsDog ice cream searches soar as heatwaves boost online sales
Ocado Retail told The Grocer that searches for pooch ice cream on its website were up 833% year-on-year for June
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NewsTesco Clubcard glitch makes personalised offers more expensive than shelf price
Tesco told The Grocer that it offered thousands of Your Clubcard Prices deals every week, and such issues were very rare
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NewsAsda rolls out Natasha’s Law allergen warnings to Express electronic shelf labels
‘This is a significant step forward in making food information clearer, more accessible, and compliant for our customers’
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NewsTesco trials 6.5ft-tall aisle-roaming robot that spots gaps on shelves
Tesco said the robots help spot gaps on shelves, so staff can better boost availability.
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Comment & OpinionSupermarket Chaos: tidy up a store in creepy PC game
The player’s task is to reshelve 4,668 items - but it’s more enjoyable than it sounds
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NewsAsda to roll out faster, more reliable internet connection to 500 Express sites
The multi-year deal with Evolve will see more than 450 stores upgraded this year, across the full range of Express formats
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NewsSmart trolley shoppers spend much more, but can get distracted, study finds
Smart cart users add more items to their trolleys than non-users and spend longer in store
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NewsNaviLens tech introduced to Co-op paper range in own-label first
It is the first time NaviLens codes have been added to a grocery retailer’s own-label products.
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Comment & Opinion(Delivery) Robot Wars: who really owns our public spaces?
Living Streets says delivery robots are not consistently detectable by cane or guide dog, and too wide for prams or mobility scooters to pass
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NewsRetailer websites ‘locking out disabled shoppers’ with basic accessibility fails, audit finds
The audit – by AllyRadar – found 33 of the 44 websites scanned had “at least one critical or serious accessibility failure on their homepage alone”.